TV series

Spinal Destination

2024 · 1 season

A wry, tender comedy about sudden loss of control, mixing sharp humour with genuine ache as a stubborn woman fights her own body.

Tagline: You can break her back, but not her spirit
Overview: Tessa Rivers' busy life is turned upside down when a mysterious illness leaves her paralysed from the waist down. Tessa is sent to Goldfield's Spinal Unit, where she becomes determined to walk again - by any means necessary.
How it feels: Satirical, warm, dark and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, isolation, healing, ambition
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
healing
ambition
found family
Places: hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild